From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Steven Wright

by Timberry on May 22, 2009

I like this kind of humor. The ultimate one liner.

The original link is here.

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Simplify Life and Focus Your Mind.

by Timberry on May 21, 2009

Very nice post: simplify life and focus your mind to live well. Good advice.

F – Figure out the cause. Take 10 minutes to think about why you feel unfocused and consider the activities that make you feel this way.

O - One thing at a time. Focus defined is the art of concentrating interest or activity on something. Distractions come in many forms.

C – Cut back. Simplify your life. Simplify commitments that don’t support your short and long-term goals.

U – Use your mind as a tool. No sleep is detrimental to our health and ability to focus. As someone who’s struggled with this in the past (and still does), the realization that my mind is a tool that I control seriously impacted my life in a positive way.

S – Say no. Learn to value and prioritize your time. Be firm. know what you want. Don’t apologize for it. Understand what’s on your plate and be conscious of what space you have available for other activities.

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Reality Check: Beauty, Women, Distortions

by Timberry on May 2, 2009

I picked this up browsing Seth Godin’s recent post over the weekend. He had it here, as part of a riff on the new world of commercial advertising on youtube. Good post too, but I ended up thinking this Dove commercial on youtube deserves special attention.

(If you don’t see the video, click here for the Youtube source.)

I assume you’re aware of how much we distort the supposedly ideal beauty in women. I am. But we forget. This is a bad thing, it hurts people, both women and men, and we should remind ourselves frequently.

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